Labour casualization and the psychosocial health of workers in Australia
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Australian National University, Dept. of Gender, Media and Cultural Studies, The University of New South Wales, Australia, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia |
| ANO | 2016 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Work, Employment and Society |
| ISSN | 0950-0170 |
| E-ISSN | 1469-8722 |
| EDITORA | SAGE Publications |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017016633022 |
| CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
This article presents the results of a qualitative study of 72 workers in regional Victoria, Australia. Against the background of the growing casualization of the workforce it demonstrates the impact on the health and well-being of these workers, focusing on the intersection between psychosocial working conditions and health. In particular it focuses on the detrimental impact on workers' sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem. It emphasizes how the job insecurity characteristic of non-standard work extends beyond the fear of job loss to involve uncertainty over the scheduling of work, with debilitating consequences for workers' autonomy, self-efficacy and control over their lives. Additionally, it is argued that the exclusion of these workers from paid leave and other entitlements in the workplace confers a lower social status on these workers that is corrosive of their self-esteem. It is these key socio-psychological mechanisms that provide the link between insecure work and workers' health.